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Campusreaching: What do you mean by that?

The ongoing process of mobilizing the whole Body of Christ on a university to strategically focus all of it's resources on reaching the whole campus with the whole gospel, resulting in the redemption of society and the transformation of the university

Ongoing Process:
True deep partnerships are not built solely by a one time event. Campusreaching is a long term process by which the church/ministry leaders grow over a period of several years into deeper trust and working partnerships with each other and move toward a paradigm of transformation for their entire campus.

Whole Body of Christ:
It should strive to involve every group and church committed to the core components of the Gospel (see our statement of faith).

Strategically:
United tactics are not random efforts. Instead, informed steps are made by information gathered as the different ministry/church leaders listen to God together in prayer and go through the spiritual mapping process. Tactics undertaken by all the ministries and churches on a campus are evaluated in light of how they move them toward the end goal of campus-wide transformation.

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Resources:
Resources are not viewed as "my own" to be hoarded for "my ministry", but are shared for the good of the whole whenever possible. This increasingly occurs as the ministry/church leaders involved with a campus grow in relationships through regular times of prayer together.

Whole Campus:
The goal is that every student, professor and administrator would hear and see the Gospel lived out in a way that is contextualized to their segment of the campus.

Whole Gospel:
The essential beliefs of Christianity must never be compromised. It is a commitment to be united for God's glory not just for the sake of unity. Unity must be centered around a common agreement on the essentials of the faith. This agreeement often solidifies after relationships have grown in prayer.

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Redemption:
One major measure of success is an increase over time in the percent of the student population on a campus who become Christians each year. This can be accurately discerned as the ministries/churches engage in the spiritual mapping process together.

Transformation:
Success is not measured by conversions alone. As Christians increase in united prayer and action, seeing changes in the actual institution and societal effects of sin will also help them to know when their tactics are on target (i.e. decreasing date rape, decreasing binge drinking, affecting the curriculum).

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